CES: HP Slate preempts Apple Tablet, Sony gives up, and more

IT Blogwatch: CES: HP Slate preempts Apple Tablet, Sony gives up, and more
In Las Vegas, CES 2010 is spooling up. Microsoft’s Steve Ballmer gave his opening keynote last night and we’re already seeing some interesting announcements. Clearly, the Apple tablet isn’t going to be the only game in town. In IT Blogwatch, what’s blogged in Vegas doesn’t stay in Vegas. Not to mention the Win7 Beep driver …

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Table of Contents

• IT Blogwatch: CES: HP Slate preempts Apple Tablet, Sony gives up, and more
• Barbara Krasnoff: CES: Toshiba’s stereoscopic Cell TV
• Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols: The next generation of Linux notebooks arrives at CES
• David Intersimone: What’s your integrated development environment?
• Preston Gralla: Google’s Nexus One strategy: It’s the advertising, stupid
• Amir Lev: DNS blocklists and reputation services (part 3: the future)
• Barbara Krasnoff: CES: Pushing through the crowds
• IT News Podcast: Motorola to introduce more Android phones
• Shark Tank: At least he was paying for it

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Barbara Krasnoff: CES: Toshiba’s stereoscopic Cell TV
Back when I was a kid, one of the things that I looked forward to when visiting my grandparents was playing with their stereoscope. Little did I know that Toshiba would re-introduce the concept — in a somewhat more sophisticated way — with its new Cell TV.

Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols: The next generation of Linux notebooks arrives at CES
The major computer vendors are once more embracing Linux as HP and Lenovo both announce models with desktop Linux pre-installed and rumor is there’s more to come.

David Intersimone: What’s your integrated development environment?
Happy New Year and Decade to all software developers. I hope you many software development successes in 2010. Over the holiday break, I spent some time thinking about the tools that I use for my own development. In my work at Embarcadero Technologies, I mostly use integrated development environments (IDE).

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Preston Gralla: Google’s Nexus One strategy: It’s the advertising, stupid
Google’s Nexus One is certainly a nifty device, and has generated more than its share of hype. But ultimately, Google’s mobile strategy isn’t about flashy hardware — it’s all about generating money from advertising, just like in the traditional Internet.

Amir Lev: DNS blocklists and reputation services (part 3: the future)
Over the last two weeks of Security Levity, we’ve looked at how DNS blocklists (DNSBLs) evolved from the spam filtering equivalent of primordial ooze, and how they became reputation services. This week I want to look at where we’re going: what’s the future for sender reputation?

Barbara Krasnoff: CES: Pushing through the crowds
When you’re five foot five inches tall and not all that wide, it’s sometimes hard to push your way to the various vendors at the CES Unveiled press preview

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IT News Podcast: Motorola to introduce more Android phones
In today’s podcast: More Motorola Android phones; hands-free Xbox 360 controllers by Christmas; and Cisco takes telepresence home.

Shark Tank: At least he was paying for it
Pilot fish is visiting relatives over the holidays when his brother-in-law begins grousing about lousy Internet performance.

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